Jarnac (zhärnäk'), town, Charente dept., in the Cognac region, on the Charente River. At Jarnac in 1569 French Catholics under the duke of Anjou (later Henry III) defeated the Huguenots, whose leader, Louis I, Prince of Condé, was killed.
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Coordinates: 45°40′53″N 0°10′33″W / 45.681388°N 0.1758333°W
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Commune of Jarnac |
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 Charente River |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente |
| Arrondissement | Cognac |
| Canton | Jarnac |
| Intercommunality | Jarnac |
| Mayor | Jérôme Royer (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 8–40 m (26–130 ft) (avg. 19 m/62 ft) |
| Land area1 | 11.99 km2 (4.63 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 4,535 (2006) |
| - Density | 378 /km2 (980 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 16102/ 16200 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Jarnac is a commune in the French département of Charente.
It was the site of the myth of the legendary strike , in a judicial duel, Le Coup de Jarnac, on the 10 July 1547, between Guy I Chabot de Jarnac and Francois de Vivonne de la Châtaigneraie, and the Battle of Jarnac in 1569.
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Geography
Jarnac is situated on the right bank of the river Charente between the towns of Angoulême and Cognac.
Miscellaneous
Jarnac was the birthplace of former president François Mitterrand (26 October 1916 - 8 January 1996) and the region is associated with the finer art of cognac production since the 1800s.
Sister cities
Jarnac is paired with:
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 le Musée Mitterrand |
 Église Saint-Pierre depuis la mairie |
 le Parc, les Moulins, l'Écluse |
 le Port Gros-Jean |
 La Fontbadant |
 le grand pont sur la Charente |
 le Quai de l'Orangerie |
 le Quai de l'Orangerie et le pont |
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External links
- Jarnac dans la presse régionale
- Jarnac sur le site de l'Institut géographique national
- Jarnac sur Google maps
- Tourisme au Pays de Jarnac
- les associations
- Le cinéma à Jarnac avec les Cinémaniacs Jarnacais
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- Entente cordiale
- Louis Ier Condé
- François de La Noue (French military leader & theologian)
- Henry III (king of France)
- Giovanni Battista Ranieri del Pace (art)
- Condé (French family)
- Agrippa d'Aubigné
- François Mitterrand (French politician)
- 1569 (chronology)
- Coligny Family (history 1450-1789)
- French wars of religion
- Condé Family (history 1450-1789)
- Hine Cognac
- Battle of Jarnac
